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    Default Do you have any games or consoles that are at least 10 years older than you?

    I was born in 1992, so I have several. My oldest console is a Fairchild Channel F, from 1976, and my oldest game is Baseball for the Channel F, also from 1976. So my oldest game is 16 years older than me (!)

    Here's a detailing. All of my games were pre-databased; the detailing is not necessary for your posts. All you need is to tell me how much older your game is: for example, if you were born in 1988 and have a game from 1975, you could say "13 years".

    1. Vectrex - 10 years older than me.
    2 games 10 years older than me.

    2. Atari 5200 - 10 years older than me.
    7 of 9 games 10 years older than me.

    3. Colecovision. 10 years older than me.
    5 of 15 games 10 years older than me.

    4. Intellivision. 12 years older than me.
    12 of 13 games 10-12 years older than me.

    5. Odyssey2. 14 years older than me.
    19 of 20 games 10-14 years older than me.

    6. Atari 2600. 15 years older than me.
    39 of 51 games 10-15 years older than me.

    7. Fairchild Channel F. 16 years older than me.
    2 games, both 16 years older than me.

    The oldest you could be to post on this thread with a game is 34, if you were born in 1977 and had a Odyssey Brown Box. Given the extreme rarity of those, the oldest posters I expect to see are 29, born in 1982, with an original Magnavox Odyssey console. The younger you are, the more likely to have something. Anyone born in 1987 or later with a 2600 can post, unless it's the 2600 Jr. People born in the mid-1990s can get away with having a NES-era console as their oldest. Born circa 2000? All you need is an SNES/Genesis-era console!
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    Quote Originally Posted by WelcomeToTheNextLevel View Post
    The oldest you could be to post on this thread with a game is 34, if you were born in 1977 and had a Odyssey Brown Box. Given the extreme rarity of those, the oldest posters I expect to see are 29, born in 1982, with an original Magnavox Odyssey console. The younger you are, the more likely to have something. Anyone born in 1987 or later with a 2600 can post, unless it's the 2600 Jr. People born in the mid-1990s can get away with having a NES-era console as their oldest. Born circa 2000? All you need is an SNES/Genesis-era console!
    I was born in 1983, so the only system that is at least 10 years older than me is the Odyssey. Unfortunately, I do not own one.

    The oldest systems I own

    Odyssey 300 -1976
    APF TV Fun -1976
    Atari 2600 -1977
    Video Pinball by Atari -1977
    Odyssey 2 -1978

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    7 years older - not bad! Getting close...
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    I'd need an analog computer and an oscilloscope to qualify.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Icarus Moonsight View Post
    I'd need an analog computer and an oscilloscope to qualify.
    Funny, I was getting ready to say virtually the same thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 8bitgamer View Post
    Funny, I was getting ready to say virtually the same thing.
    I'll be in this line.

    The Odyssey and I share a birth year.
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    I was born in 73, so I'm out of this discussion. I always wanted an IBM 305 RAMAC though!

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    It would seem this thread is more of a "how young are you?" thread. Anyone in their 30s are pretty much shut out.

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    Hmm the Genesis is a year older than me since it came out in 1989. The Master System four years older, the NES is five years older,the 2600 is ten years older than me since my particular console was manufactured in 1980 and my Super Pong is fourteen years older than me.

    Ask for classic computers, my Macintosh SE is two years older than me.

    Doesn't really matter how old the console is, as long as it's still kicking and fun.
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    The oldest system I have is an NES which is younger than me.

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    I was born in 1969 so this would be a big challenge for me. Maybe an Abacus?

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    Almost everything the first poster said applies to me. I was born in 1989 and have all those systems except a Vectrex or Fairchild. I do have an Odyssey which is 17 years older than me.

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    Since the question asks for games 10 years or older, than computer systems would count, if you happen to own one. Hope you have the cash and the technical skill to maintain those old machines.

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    I wonder if there are all that many people on the board that have the option of many systems 10 years older than them. I don't. Oldest games I have are for the Channel F, but I was born in '82.

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    I was born in '74, so I'm out, I'm afraid.

    Quote Originally Posted by Atarileaf View Post
    I was born in 1969 so this would be a big challenge for me. Maybe an Abacus?
    I laughed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Suikoman444 View Post
    Almost everything the first poster said applies to me. I was born in 1989 and have all those systems except a Vectrex or Fairchild. I do have an Odyssey which is 17 years older than me.
    Dang that's impressive. Not many people born in 1989 have Odyssey 1's.
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    I'm out of this. Anyone born in the 1970's is automatically out for game systems.

    Space War! did exist 10 years prior for people that were born in 1972 or older, but it was a built on a 1960's computer. Those computers were huge at the time in size and computers couldn't be found in a home back in the 1960's.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 7th lutz View Post
    I'm out of this. Anyone born in the 1970's is automatically out for game systems.
    That would be me! lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by WelcomeToTheNextLevel View Post
    Dang that's impressive. Not many people born in 1989 have Odyssey 1's.
    Not many people have Odysseys, period.

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    Hm, my oldest systems are a Wonder Wizard & a TeleGames Pong console, both of which seem to have been made around '76. Was born in '84, so I'm out, lol.

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